For hundreds of people at Matthews Beach on Sunday the New Year kicked off with a shock. Most participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge had similar reactions as they entered the 49-degree water of …

Tuesday morning’s tide crested higher than usual because of a natural phenomenon where the gravitational force of the moon and the sun reinforced one another, raising levels of Puget Sound. The unique …

In these turbulent economic times of high unemployment and stagnant wages many are turning to food banks for assistance. However, Seattle-area food banks are reporting a dramatic drop in food and cash …

Hundreds of students from Garfield, Roosevelt, Ingraham, Ballard and Nathan Hale High Schools walked out of classes on Wednesday to protest cuts to education funding in Washington state. The students …

Friday afternoon the Occupy Seattle camp slowly came down. But organizers stressed that their movement is not over; they just decided to disassemble the Seattle Central Community College camp. “Now we …